"During the peak of the white truffle season, which typically runs from late October to early December, the tubers can fetch U.S. $1,200 to $2,300 a pound ($2,600 to $5,000 a kilogram). That's ten times the price of more common truffle varieties. The only food that costs more is caviar. " http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0523_050523_italytruffle.html
"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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"During the peak of the white truffle season, which typically runs from late October to early December, the tubers can fetch U.S. $1,200 to $2,300 a pound ($2,600 to $5,000 a kilogram). That's ten times the price of more common truffle varieties. The only food that costs more is caviar. " http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0523_050523_italytruffl e.html
Dee Dee
I'd never make it as a Truffle Pig. I would eat all of the truffles and wind up as pork chops.